Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press: Expansion and Evolution, 1800-1900

The book offers a comprehensive history of the British and Irish Press from 1800-1900, with 60 substantive chapters and case studies, focusing on cross-regional and transnational dimensions. It provides unique reassessments of nineteenth-century press and periodical media within social, cultural, technological, economic, and historical contexts. It includes newly commissioned chapters and case studies exploring a range of press activity and genres, from religious and literary to political and medical, as well as analyses of overseas and migr press and emerging developments in children's and women's press.

Format: Hardback
Length: 544 pages
Publication date: 31 December 2019
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

A thorough account of newspaper and periodical press history in Britain and Ireland from 18001900
Provides acomprehensive history of the British and Irish Press from 1800-1900, reflected upon in 60 substantive chapters and focused case studiesSets out to capture the cross-regional and transnational dimension of press history in nineteenth-century Britain and IrelandOffers unique and important reassessments of nineteenth-century British and Irish press and periodical media within social, cultural, technological, economic and historical contexts
This is a unique collection of essays examining nineteenth-century British and Irish newspaper and periodical history during a key period of change and development. It covers an important point of expansion in periodical and press history across the four nations of Great Britain (England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales), concentrating on cross-border and transnational comparisons and contrasts in nineteenth-century print communication.
Designed to provide readers with a clear understanding of the current state of research in the field, in addition to an extensive introduction, it includes forty newly commissioned chapters and case studies exploring a full range of press activity and press genres during this intense period of change. Along with keystone chapters on the economics of the press and periodicals, production processes, readership and distribution networks, and legal frameworks under which the press operated, the book examines a wide range of areas from religious, literary, political and medical press genres to analyses of overseas and migr press and emerging developments in children's and women's press.

Weight: 2360g
Dimension: 180 x 255 x 67 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474424882